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On the choppy waters of San Francisco Bay, a billionaire’s game of cat and mouse is under way.
It involves big boats, bigger sails and the biggest egos around. And it’s all about building the fastest sailboat known to man.
The game was on full display Friday afternoon when Team Oracle Racing, Larry Ellison’s reigning champion of the America’s Cup, took its massive AC72 catamaran out on the water for one of the boat’s first test runs  … More
Lanai’s billionaire owner Larry Ellison wants to build a temporary “winter base” for his yacht sailing team at the island’s Kaumalapau Harbor, according to environmental documents recently filed with the state.
Ellison’s Oracle Team USA wants to use the site between December and March to “conduct research and development on a high-performance sailboat for competitive sailing events,” according to a draft environmental assessment for the project. The vessel is described as a 72-foot catamaran-class sailboat with a 131-foot-high sail  … More
Louise Southerden faces one of the longest, roughest sea-kayaking challenges in the world, off the coast of Kauai.
It’s still dark when the taxi drops me at the Kayak Kauai shop in Hanalei, on the north shore of Kauai, the only place in this hippie-chic town that is open so early. But the pre-dawn start is necessary for the journey I’ve booked: a full-day, 27-kilometre paddle along Kauai’s rugged and roadless Na Pali coast.
If that sounds strenuous, it’s  … More